wine cup

Object NameSake Cup

Maker Toshichi Iwata (Japanese, 1893-1980)

Made FromSoda Glass, Gold Leaf

Dateabout 1972

Place MadeJapan

Techniqueblown

SizeOverall H: 7 cm; Rim Diam: 5.2 cm

Accession Number73.6.14 A

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Blair

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless soda glass, blown. Overlaid on exterior with speckles of gold leaf and upward swirling stripes of translucent light blue, bluish-gray, brownish-red and green. Slightly heavy body; narrowing waist, slightly flaring again at the base; ground base is a slightly raised irregularly circular area.
Provenance

Source Dorothy Blair - 1973-04-23